The Ukraine Crisis Part 2 . The Battle for the Donbas

Ukraine continues to be awesome. Drone strike targeting the Morozovsk airbase in ruϟϟia, 20 members of personnel killed or injured, at least six military aircrafts destroyed, eight others badly damaged.

ruϟϟian regional governor in hospital after stabbing attack.

ruϟϟian investigators claimed to have found pro-Ukraine data on the phone of one of the Moscow terror attack suspects.

A ruϟϟian airstrike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia has killed two people and injured six others, according to local governor.

ruϟϟian forces have taken control of a settlement named Vodyane in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.

Russia-Ukraine war live: 20 members of Russian airfield personnel killed or injured in drone attack, Kyiv says – as it happened

Ukraine war: Six Russian planes destroyed by drones, says Kyiv

NATO member Estonia has discovered an additional source of ammunition for Ukraine. The question now is how to pay for them in time?

POSTIMEES IN UKRAINE ⟩ Estonia knows where to purchase two billion euros' worth of shells for Ukraine

ruϟϟia is murdering Ukrainian rescue personnel with an attack technique called "double tapping", also widely employed in Syria.

At least 20 killed and scores injured in Russian ‘double tap’ missile strike on Odesa | CNN

ruϟϟian workers have been removed from NATO headquarters following suspected espionage.

Russian personnel expelled from NATO headquarters, Stoltenberg tells Bild

ISW: ruϟϟian forces have reached the outskirts of Chasiv Yar, where Ukrainians halted their progress.

Institute for the Study of War

 

Ukrainian intelligence claims to have torched the ruϟϟian Buyan-M class corvette Serpukhov at Kaliningrad, coast of Baltic Sea.

Ukrainian Spy Agency Claims it Lit a Fire on a Russian Corvette

Russian missile ship on fire in "NATO lake": Report

Russian missile ship set on fire near Kaliningrad, Ukraine's intelligence claims

Such has been the severity of Ukraine's attacks against ruϟϟia's oil refining infrastructure that ruϟϟia is now reduced to begging petrol from their neighbor, Kazakhstan.

https://www.reuters.com/business/en...khstan-case-shortages-sources-say-2024-04-08/

Russia Is Preparing for a Potential Gasoline Shortage | OilPrice.com

Putin seeks emergency petrol as Russia runs on fumes

ruϟϟians are trying to influence the US public opinion by generating anti-Ukraine sentiment. Be careful Americans, and don't allow yourselves to get played. Don't be useful idiots. History will remember poorly anyone who sided with mass murdering terrorists.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/08/russia-propaganda-us-ukraine/

Ukraine has an interesting new toy:

H I Sutton - Covert Shores

https://twitter.com/CovertShores/status/1777022700621295714

Hope it does some damage.

The Economist: ruϟϟia wants to turn Kharkiv into an uninhabitable "grey zone":

The Kremlin wants to make Ukraine’s second city unliveable

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1777249797159682179

https://twitter.com/Podolyak_M/status/1777254806203011132

moscow has recently intensified its missile and drone strikes against Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure in a bid to paralyze it for the 2024-25 winter season.

FT: Damage to Ukraine's energy grid worse than in 2022-23 but more localized

 

ruϟϟia seems to have taken the village of Pervomayske.

Russian forces capture western outskirts of Pervomayske amid fierce battles - Euromaidan Press

https://twitter.com/MilitarySummary/status/1777721689566040539

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Lack of artillery ammo, and Western allies not delivering on their promises forces Ukraine to rely more on FPV drones, but these are no substitute for the real thing. Still, it's not a complete waste: "If Ukraine keeps attriting at this rate and Russia keeps sending in more tanks to replace the destroyed ones at the rate it has been, the Kremlin could lose its numerical edge in tanks, which could make it more difficult for the Russians to carry out offensive operations in the future."

Ukraine’s Cheap Drones Are Decimating Russia’s Tanks

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1778124537059844583

Top US general warns Ukraine on brink of being overrun by ruϟϟia: "if one side can shoot and the other side can't shoot back, the side that can't shoot back loses."

Top US general warns Ukraine on brink of being overrun by Russia

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg: "Kyiv has the right to strike military targets outside Ukraine."

Stoltenberg: Kyiv justified in striking military targets outside Ukraine - Euromaidan Press

Zelensky on Trump's ridiculous, nonsensical peace plan: "If the deal and the idea is simply to give our territories, then it is very primitive." "We don't need a fantastic idea, but a real one. This is about human lives; we cannot make jokes, and we cannot take risks."

Zelensky: If Trump's plan to stop war is to give up our territory, then it is primitive

 

It looks like Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv is about to fall to the Russians thanks to the Repugnants.

Also Russians completely destroyed Kiev's largest power plant. It was the equivalent of 2 nuclear power plants. 1.8 GW.

FUCKING Ass Repugnant Republicans!!!

 

Regarding Kharkiv, ruϟϟian troops, based on currently available maps, are yet to reach that far, but their efforts to turn the city into an unlivable mess is certainly them making preparations and paving the way for an eventual, attempted takeover in the future. Kharkiv is a whole 'nother ball game, though. It's a big city with a million+ residents. A much bigger job trying to take over something of that size, and they already failed at this before in 2022. Right now ruϟϟia has only managed to take over small villages of less than 1,000 people with no real defenses. All at a cost of hundreds of their own troops per week. Just imagine what the price of taking Kharkiv is gonna be like.

Russian Attacks on Ukraine Stoke Fears Army Near Breaking Point

Ukraine is running out of critical Iris-T and Patriot air defense missiles.

Bild journalist says Ukraine has run out of missiles for Patriot and Iris-T air defence systems

https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/s...ww.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/11/7450815/

Poland talks about a plan to help by giving Ukrainians their Soviet-era missiles.

Poland mulls giving Ukraine Soviet-era missiles: president

Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian forces seven to ten times, says Joint Forces Commander Lieutenant-General Yuriy Sodol.

Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian forces seven to ten times, says Joint Forces Commander

Ukraine says Russian drones damage energy infrastructure in south

ruϟϟian manpower losses have, in the meanwhile, surpassed the 450,000 mark.

 

I think this is an overstatement. Kharkiv is definitely in trouble, it doesn't have enough air defense and it's getting pummeled by drones, missiles, and glide bombs. However, it's still about 29 kilometers from Russian lines and its supply lines are still intact. One could see Kharkiv falling in the coming months, but it's not yet on the verge of falling.

The Republicans... I think many, close to half would support the Ukraine aid bill if it were brought to vote. The "Putin Wing" of the Republican party seems to be principally responsible. Trump's opposition, and in particular MTG's threat to oust Johnson if he brings the bill to a vote, seem to be the biggest problems. I think you could reasonably accuse the Republicans who support aid to Ukraine of being cowards, unwilling to sign a discharge petition for fear of angering Trump.

 

Germans send a Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.

Germany to send new missiles to Ukraine as army struggles on eastern front

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...-new-patriot-system-critical-time-2024-04-13/

Ukraine's parliament passes new mobilization law.

Ukraine parliament passes mobilisation bill to boost troop numbers

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...ll-overhauling-mobilisation-rules-2024-04-11/

 

The first Ukrainian pilots have completed training on the F-16, - the British Ministry of Defense.

First Ukrainian pilots complete training under British RAF guidance

Well,this is interesting... According to Le Parisien, 51% of the French youth are ready to pay the debt to their homeland and go to war with the ruϟϟian Federation if it's necessary to protect French interests. And I quote: "62% of respondents believe it would be appropriate to reinstate compulsory military service, which France abolished in 1997."

Among French youth, half would be ready to fight in Ukraine to defend France - Euromaidan Press

Half of French youth ready to fight in Ukraine to defend France’s interests, study finds

Le Parisien, French:
« Regain de patriotisme » : 57 % des jeunes Français interrogés prêts à s’enrôler sous les drapeaux « en cas de guerre »

ruϟϟia is most likely targeting the city of Chasiv Yar next, hoping to capture the city by May 9th, just in time for the Soviet victory day. Ukraine is re-enforcing the city's defenses with whatever additional ammunition they can spare. "Capture would give ruϟϟians a high-ground advantage for further advance through Donetsk region."

Ukraine war briefing: Chasiv Yar is Russians’ next big objective, says Oleksandr Syrskyi

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...-aims-capture-chasiv-yar-by-may-9-2024-04-14/

ruϟϟia is preparing a new provocation under a false flag at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Russia planning "false flag" operation at nuclear power plant: Kyiv

Russia may launch false flag operation at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

ruϟϟian Gas & LNG Revenue Collapses & Sanctions Threaten Future of $10 Billion Arctic LNG 2 Project.

 

Oh gee, one patriot system from Germany. Lotta good that'll do. Zelensky said they need at least a dozen more.

And the F16s are nearly useless now. Russia will knock them down with hypersonic missiles plus jamming.

 

It's sad indeed. But the F-16s could still prove useful. Israel just now, over the weekend, demonstrated that with the right armaments, they could be a major asset in air defense, shooting down the enemy's missiles and drones.

And again with the fucking gas prices? It seems that the Americans, when it's all said and done, are a bunch of useless, whining, self-serving pieces of shit as allies.

"When Vice President Harris met privately with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference in February, she told the Ukrainian leader something he didn’t want to hear: Refrain from attacking Russian oil refineries, a tactic U.S. officials believed would raise global energy prices and invite more aggressive Russian retaliation inside Ukraine. Zelensky brushed off the recommendation, uncertain whether it reflected the consensus position of the Biden administration, these people said. But in subsequent weeks, Washington reinforced the warning in multiple conversations with Kyiv, including by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, who traveled to Ukraine’s capital in March, and other senior U.S. defense and intelligence officials."

Just fucking outrageous, taking the bully's side like this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/04/15/ukraine-russia-oil-refinery-attacks/

ruϟϟia found to have been paying off members of the European parliament to parrot pro-ruϟϟia talking points and narratives.

Belgium investigates alleged Russian payments to MEPs

Belgium probes Russian interference in EU elections

Ukrainians bombard a ruϟϟian command post in occupied Crimea.

Source: Ukrainian forces hit command post in Russian-occupied Crimea

 

Use of NATO member Poland's Patriot air defense systems to protect west of Ukraine is being considered.

Kuleba proposes using Polish Patriot missiles to defend Ukraine’s border

‘Everything Is Possible’ – Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Says Patriots in Poland Could Protect Ukraine’s Borders

 

As Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has held many strange views in her life, her findings on Ukraine should come as no surprise:

“So here’s the part that really should bother everyone out in the country,” Greene said. “There is some kind of sick mental illness in this town — an obsession — it is an extreme obsession with funding Ukraine. The more you look at it, it makes no sense whatsoever. Ukraine is not a NATO member nation. They are not our ally that we are contractually bound to protect them. And, Russia is beating them. There is no way for Ukraine to win. Everybody knows that — pro-Ukraine or against the funding for it. Everyone knows Russia is winning. Funding that war is continuing to murder people. That’s it. It’s all it does. It’s killing more and more.”

Greene also said that nobody in Washington is talking about peace in Ukraine, and desperately wants the war and the killing to continue.

“You can fund the war and kill hundreds of thousands of more young Ukrainian men and wipe out that generation and leave children fatherless and have no workers and have widows and mourning parents,” Greene said. “That’s really the truth of that war. I can’t comprehend why the one thing that never gets talked about and I demanded to know at our conference meeting on Monday night is why doesn’t anyone ever talk about peace for this country or a peace deal? It makes me literally sick to my stomach. It’s so evil. No one could answer me. Isn’t that crazy though? Even if I got off the phone with you and marched my way down to the House floor and got recognized and called up that motion to vacate, I’m telling you the obsession and the sickness in Washington, DC, for funding for Ukraine would override any of my actions. They will pass it no matter what.

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I urge US citizens to contact their representatives in the House and request that:


1 They support aid to Ukraine

2 If Speaker Johnson does the right thing with regard to Ukraine aid (eg, he brings a reasonable bill to the House floor for a vote), he should be supported by both Republicans and Democrats against attempts to oust him by Marjorie Taylor Greene and other members of the Putin wing of the Republican Party

3 Tiktok should be shielded against malicious influence, in particular the mailicious influence of the Chinese Communist Party which has used the platform to manipulate political content, spy on journalists, and promote Russia's war in Ukraine


This link will help you find contact information for your representative in the House:


Find Your Representative | house.gov

 

Only Putin and his cronies in the Kremlin and US Congress believe Russia is winning.

Ukraine just hit a Russian air base in Crimea last night. Destroyed another S400 anti missile system, probably a dozen or dozens of helicopters that were based there. And guess what? The Russians stored their Zircon hypersonic missiles right next to that S400 unit. I read that 5 hours later the base was still on fire and secondary explosions were still on going.

Reports say there was no warning before they hit with long range ballistic missiles, possibly US supplied ATACMS.

Source: Analysis: Ukrainian Long-Range Missile Strike Hammers Russian Airfield in Crimea, Maybe ATACMS

 

It should be noted that Marjorie Taylor Greene has publicly endorsed the view that California's wildfires were started by a space-based laser, controlled by the Jews. A member of the House of Representatives that believes that the movie Space Balls was a documentary is unfit for office.

When Russia invaded Crimea, people said, "let him have Crimea, then he'll be satisfied". Then he invaded the Donbas, and people said, "let him have the Donbas, then he'll be satisfied". Then he tried to take all of Ukraine, but was thrown back, and now people imagine that he'll be satisfied with just the parts of Ukraine he's taken so far? He's already made public remarks indicating his desire to reestablish control over the countries of the former Soviet Empire, there's every reason to think he's going to continue invading countries until someone stops him.

Not defeating Putin is what is going to allow war to continue.

If he conquers and absorbs all of Ukraine, he'll be in a much stronger position to threaten NATO countries. Because of that, the US would be forced to choose between defending Europe from Putin and defending Taiwan from Xi. A Putin victory would likely mean another, and much bigger war to follow.

Beyond this, if Putin wins, the credibility of the US, NATO, and international law is completely shot. This means we should expect massive nuclear proliferation, since every country in the world will realize that they have to have nukes in order to defend themselves.

Not fighting against Putin also rewards his attacks on our elections and the ongoing disinformation and propaganda campaigns being waged by Putin. The fact MTG is regurgitating Kremlin talking points verbatim is only an indication of how deeply the Kremlin has penetrated US elections, policy making, and public opinion, and of how dire the situation has become.

Ukraine can win, we just have to give them the support they need to do it.

 

Looks like a Ukraine aid bill will be up for a vote on the House floor by Saturday afternoon.

"...the full House voted 316-94 to set up debate and final votes on the legislation on Saturday afternoon"

From online news sources

 

A crowdfunding campaign in Slovakia to buy ammunition for Ukraine has been started by a surprising hero

The campaign has already acquired double its target funding of 1 million Euros in just a few days.

After their PM halts Ukraine aid, Slovaks dig deep to help

 

Tu-22m3 bomber was shot down at a distance of 300km from Ukraine, - GUR

Russian Tu-22 shot down at a distance of 300 km: DIU shows video of operation - Комерсант Український

Ukraine successfully shoots down first Russian strategic bomber – POLITICO

NATO partners can supply Ukraine with 6 more Patriot systems, - Scholz

Scholz hopes NATO countries can deliver 6 more Patriots to Ukraine

"NATO partners can supply Patriot systems to Kyiv." Scholz

Burning debris from a downed drone is claimed to have caused a fire in a Bryansk Oblast energy facility in ruϟϟia. Claim is, as of now, unverified.

Debris from drone strike allegedly damages energy facilities in Bryansk, Kaluga Oblasts

ruϟϟia struck two food export terminals at Ukraine's Pivdennyi port. Food headed for Asian and African countries was destroyed.

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1781380310023725323